If only 1% eventually jump in, they already secure 8 million new consumers. This is way too much to pretend it doesn't exist
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Pokémon Let's Go Eevee/Pikachu (Switch) announced; coming Nov 16th 2018
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If only 1% eventually jump in, they already secure 8 million new consumers. This is way too much to pretend it doesn't exist
It will sell better than the last 3 main Pokemon entries, I'll bet my avatar on that.
Do you have uh...evidence of that?
Edit: I guess you meant number of pokemon, ignore me!
It will probably just be the one as a teaser for the Gen 8 games. Kinda like Manaphy (a gen 4 Pokemon) in Pokemon Ranger (a gen 3 game).
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Oh wait you're serious
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I'll avatar bet anyone for a month who thinks this game will even come close to bombing. 20 million people still play pokemon actively. Everything on switch sells way above expectations, even straight ports like Tropical Freeze. The idea that this game won't be massive is just pure nonsense.
It's a 800 million user sample. Even a small fraction of it, if they are indeed converted, is going to be a significant boost.
I would actually feel more positively about the game if it had changed more. But as it is it's a remake of Gen 1 and what's different is lifted from a mobile spin-off. It couldn't be more derivative.
You're being pretty generous to start the game's potential at the install base. That covers people who redownloaded it once they got new phones or people who picked it up to see what the fuss was about and then never touch it again
I don't mind the random encounters per se, I mean there is no element of surprise anyhow in this game as we've seen the Pokémon for over twenty years now.
The lack of battling wild Pokémon is crazy though. That catching mechanic is not as enticing in a 60$ console game as in a f2p smartphone game. Curious to see what GF has done to make the game interesting to play five routes in.
Having good graphics and a lot of content doesn't make a good game though
Oh derp, I took it to mean like...world and progression content if that makes sense. Not just straight up number of pokemon. Brain fart on my part there.
Same, this is exactly how I'm seeing it aswell. I'll be honest, if these would be the only Pokémon for Switch I would be pretty mad and likely wouldn't have bought them but knowing I get what I want in 2019? I'll take that appetizer and enjoy the main-dish in 2019 no problem.
Ok thanks for explaining it. Don't like the sound of thengym battle system though, hopefully its still traditional in this game.
Yes and no.
It is also to make sure the next mainline game won't be trapped inside the same 15-17 million buyers.
They want to expand, and they are right in doing so.
Anybody expecting anything beyond a more polished and better looking 3DS game on Switch is living in illusion land... it was never going to be anything more than that.
no Random battles makes me jump out... but Battling online with other players is good.
This is sell immensely just because it's a new Pokemon game on the Switch, but will be forgotten as soon as the next game gets shown to exist. Simplified battling will turn people away.
no Random battles makes me jump out... but Battling online with other players is good.
This is sell immensely just because it's a new Pokemon game on the Switch, but will be forgotten as soon as the next game gets shown to exist. Simplified battling will turn people away.
well, yeah
not only has lucario been in smash bros for the past 2 games (and will likely be in the next game), he has his own movie and has been relevant to the story as recently as gen 6
obviously he doesn't compare to pikachu, who is the series' mascot, but I'd say that, at least among kids, he rivals the popularity of the others you mentioned
So it's weird to assume that a third trip to Kanto with less Pokemon and a portion of the mechanics streamlined will somehow result in the astronomical level of sales that some people are predicting
It will sell a lot, but It will bomb in reviews...i guarantee It, and probably sales might be affected due to this in comparison to other entries.
I admit I was wrong about the leakers being completely wrong, but my original comment about not having the core franchise this year remains true (although they try to sell let's go as a new core branch, but we all know what we're talking about). Everyone told me it was going to be mainline, and it isn't. But it exists, so, I guess, nobody wins completely.
I genuinely can't believe how fucking garbage the posts in this thread are. No, the reviews won't be terrible and the game will do the usual 12 million remakes do (at the very least) with the sky as the limit.
Jesus fucking Christ.
Eh, probably the hype alone will let them made the same number the core serie usually does.
Most kids have never played Smash, they don't own a 3DS, and they haven't played any pokemon games either.
Most kids play almost exclusively on their ipads or iphones. Guess what pokemons they have been encountering there.
Anyone that hasn't watched the conference on the Pokémon YT channel definetly should as certain things are said clearly that people are wondering about. For example they specify the 2019 game as a Switch exclusive and they refer to Let's Go as mainline Pokémon RPGs a whole bunch of times. The games seemed more clearly explained after watching the conference compared to what people were live tweeting.
Anyway I'm excited by what I saw in the conference and it's actually got me reenergized for Pokémon. I skipped Sun and Moon and never thought I'd buy a 3DS game ever again but I might pick up a copy of USUM today to get a Pokémon fix. So if Let's Go is meant to help bring back lapsed fans, it looks like it's working before it even released.
Anyway I'm excited by what I saw in the conference and it's actually got me reenergized for Pokémon. I skipped Sun and Moon and never thought I'd buy a 3DS game ever again but I might pick up a copy of USUM today to get a Pokémon fix. So if Let's Go is meant to help bring back lapsed fans, it looks like it's working before it even released.
Probably depends on how well these games do and if they make follow-ups to them.
I don't see them making traditional remakes and also remaking regions from older games for the Lets Go games. At the very least not with the frequency that we've been getting remakes at up until now.
What is bombing in reviews? 4/10? 3/10? Or something stupid like 7-8/10?
Gens 1, 2 and 3 so far, with Alolan formes making the rounds since today.
Yeah, I play Go and that's why I'm concerned. Either it's going to be weighted for you to fail and use a lot of pokeballs and you'll run into the problem of how you accumulate more( which in a game with shops isn't a particularly engaging scenario considering it's walk to the shop, spend buckets of in game money, press the "throw pokeball" button until the Pokémon is caught) or be so easy that you might as well just capture the Pokémon when you touch it on the field. I'm just having trouble invisioning how it's all going to work. I have faith in TPCi in that regard if nothing else but I'm just honestly confused about it. I'm sure we'll get more details at some Point that will either alleviate people's concerns or show people that it's 100% not for them.
Not for me I'm afraid. I'll be waiting for a mainline game. I guess this games success will determine the path future Pokemons will take. It makes me a little worried. Looks like it could be fun for fans of the mobile game.
5-6 range.
It's too simplified and small in comparison to mainline games, It will suffer a lot.
I'm totally okay with the game. A lot of features, the design look's okay too. (except for the trainers...c'mon they could put some effort there, right?).
The way that found pokémon was a question of time. Even in my childhood I thought was weird a giant pokémon be found in a grass smaller then my knees.
The only thing that worry me is about the transfer with Pokémon GO. This can really difficult to balance. Imagine starting a adventure with a Mew, Zapdos, Moltres, or wtvr. They will reduce their CP (or level)? Starting at level 5? Would be just in the park but not playable?
The way that found pokémon was a question of time. Even in my childhood I thought was weird a giant pokémon be found in a grass smaller then my knees.
The only thing that worry me is about the transfer with Pokémon GO. This can really difficult to balance. Imagine starting a adventure with a Mew, Zapdos, Moltres, or wtvr. They will reduce their CP (or level)? Starting at level 5? Would be just in the park but not playable?
"At least among kids"
Pokemon was a cultural phenomenon in gen 1, and Go showed that those people that have dropped off the series still really do care about those first creatures.
If you look at the popularity as a whole, Lucario does not come close to a dozen or more gen 1 Pokemon.
I'm going to wait for E3 before making a call on how simple the game is
Plus, the whole "20 bucks more for half of the content" will surely not be in its favour.